Age Related Specifics

Education:  On Earth, education tends to be completed around the age of 18.  In Elementia, this is not the case.  Instead, most of ones education is completed by the time the individual is 10-12.  There is a strong focus on studies in a youth's early years in order to get them into more interesting studies and let them find what they want to do.

Age of Honor:  AoH is also known as the transition to adulthood, or the age in which the youth has "matured."  In Elementia, that age is 16.  This is custom because Elementians have had a majority of their education and have also had many other trainings that tend to make them more "mature" than their Earth counterparts.  This is the age in which one is allowed to marry, is allowed to be a "leader/commander," and any condition that is usually reserved for older ages on Earth.

Trainings:  Once an Elementian has completed their education, based on their age they may partake in certain trainings.  First off, weaponry training occurs early in a youth's education, this allows the student to select and weapon and train with it until they have mastered the weapon.  Usually occurring after the selection of a weapon, the student then begins elemental training if interested.  Commonly, the student selects an element of interest to them, however, there are special cases in which an element "selects" them. The first activity after completion of studies is in ecology, generally this means the study of Creatures, however, it may be of any ecological area.

Advanced Trainings:  These are the trainings that are restricted due to their status.  For example, the age of entrance into the military is around the age of 20.  While Guardian training starts at the same time as elemental mastering, one cannot become a full fledged Guardian until they turn 22, where as one can achieve the rank of Master in their element by the time they turn 17.

It is of note that while these standards have been set, they do not always hold.  For example, the youngest High Grandmaster is and will always of been Gabe due to his youthful age when he arrived in Elementia (though at this time ages were not that important).  There are also other cases of underage individuals stepping into major positions.  This is why exceptions can often times be made.

Age itself in Elementia is only a small thing.  Birthdays are often not celebrated (part of this is due to the longevity of Elementians and other minor factors) and old age is not always revered (this is due to many youth in the past that have proven themselves).

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